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6 hours ago, mok199 said:

Beaches and oceans are too much work !!! Thailand rolls with huge shopping centers and new mega condo complexes,then when they are worn out and boring,just knock em down and build a better newer bigger one...

Where else should the Chinese go then to new malls ?

4 hours ago, overherebc said:

I'm 50/50 on this.

I have insurance for here ( accident ) but even if we travel to other countries we always buy some kind of insurance.

I really don't understand those that come here from UK USA for example, on holiday who don't buy any insurance in any way.

Or buy it and don't read it re' falling off a rented bike etc when they don't even have a bike licence at home. Been a few stories on that on TV.

Met a backpacking girlie on a rental scooter last week in a checkpoint in Chiang Mai.
She was amused about the low fine of 1000b for a missing motorbike license.
She:"Now I can ride around for 3 days without any problems"
I: Where did you get your informations from?
She: "Backpacker forum"
I: No insurance will cover you.
She: "I don't care, I know how to ride."
That's how it works now...
Wonder if she cares about ANY insurance. (No, she wasn't Chinese)

Use the long queues at the immigration checkpoints for a further question.
Do you have a travel insurance ?
YES - Note the home country
NO - Note the home country
Check your lists and start thinking ...

4 hours ago, monkfish said:

So they recognised it's a bad idea that's good but their reasoning for shelving it isn't so good.
But will they reintroduce it once tourism picks up again?
 

Never

14 hours ago, riverhigh said:

"Cambodia and other nearby countries allow establishments to make their own decisions as to opening hours.  Why is Thailand such a basket case?"

 

Let money for profit establishments make their own decisions on public safety and well-being. Get real!! So a money for profit establishment opens a bar at the end of your street and decides to stay open late to serve all the loud drunks. Its okay because he is making a profit? If this was to happen you would be running to Thai Visa with your tail behind your back complaining.

How old is the average TV poster and when does he jump in his pyjama ? ???? 8pm? ????

5 hours ago, BritManToo said:

So he was right then, overcharged by nearly 40Kbht.

Police made him pay 14,500bht. 

 

Nice girlfriend too, he didn't know what ringing the bell meant, and she didn't tell him.

Why was he overcharged 40T? 
Just don't touch things if you don't know what they are for. ???? (and if you are the only one getting soft drinks for your money) 

Europeans - 100% terrorists
Aussies - 100% terrorists
US / CAN - 100% terrorists
Ohhh, the OP was only telling about Chinese and Indians...
Thought it was about the danger of terrorism.

5 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Yes your phones OK,a clever <deleted>,lucky someone in a truck

was not coming up fast behind him.I don't think he will be 

doing that again.

regards worgeordie

He will do it again, bcoz his phone is still ok. Maybe next time taking a selfie...

On 9/7/2019 at 5:17 AM, losworld said:

well at least they are smart enough to put aside the cigarettes and cell phone while asking lol

and hide their expensive NIKEs in their bag...

7/11 ????
A plastic strawer with each 1 liter bottle of milk.
6 plastic spoons for 6 cups of yoghurt.
All packed in 2 plastic bags....

7 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

so 16% want previously corrupt officials ? I wonder why ? 

84% of 1060 persons... ????????????

4 hours ago, cmsally said:

I guess 7-11 employees are cheaper than bank tellers. If I were a bank employee I would be very wary of job security. In the next 10 years I would imagine many bank employees will be made redundant. It used to be one of those "jobs for life". Also I would imagine 7-11 don't provide pensions.

Fired bank employees can apply for jobs at 7/11 then. They are "High qualified" for doing bank transactions, but 7/11 customers will have to get a queue number for not to stress these spoilt new employees...

After 10 minutes every driver will know the gas stations with checking points and avoid them...

Makes the production of the packages cheaper > more profit for the producers > easy to produce fakes.
Good idea ...

Fines for tourists seem to be much to low.
2 days ago in a Chiang Mai checkpoint a backpacker girlie was fined 1000THB for a missing international licence.
She was laughing about the low fine and said that this is the cheapest and easiest way to get permission to drive for 3 days.
She got the tipp about this on a backpacker forum...

Just open the GRAB app:
Suggested Rides > View All
What is listed there? GRAB ROD DAENG !
Showes what f*****g <deleted> they are.

Only one typical sentence comes to my mind when I read this "news": Never mind!
That's the result of it ...

14 hours ago, Date Masamune said:

No Thai would sell a lottery ticket to a Monk.
One approached me and asked in perfect English if I would go into 7/11 to purchase him a pack of
Cigs!

Wake up !

5 hours ago, geoffbezoz said:

From Wiki

 

" French and English are official languages, a heritage of Cameroon's colonial past as a colony of both France and the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1960. ... The nation strives toward bilingualism, but in reality very few Cameroonians speak both French and English, and many speak neither. "

And why is this important for this story?

2 hours ago, bust said:

So whaddaya reckon!! 

Teach ‘em to drive or teach ‘em to swim?

Which would save more lives? ????

I would say teach them to ride their 1000cc Big Bike when they reach 13.

Don't worry young mentally issued brat, mom will meet the director of her bank and get money for a new toy with more extras.
From Friday on you will get more pocket money as well.
Only the mia noi of your daddy will be angry because she has to wait for her new car now...

20 hours ago, geoffbezoz said:

That is the issue in Thailand from top to bottom. But how to change it ?

It will never ever change...

How stupid must one be to leave so much money and gold in a bag and then stays at another house until 2am ?
I smell a fishy story.
Was it 80.000 ? He would still be dumb like hell...

A smart van.
I use a smart bag for my notebook. ????